SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- The New Orleans District intends to award the University of New Orleans, a Sole Source, Firm-Fixed Price purchase order for Conceptual Sediment Budget
- Notice Date
- 6/24/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, US Army Engineer District, New Orleans, ATTN: CEMVN-CT, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160-0267
- ZIP Code
- 70160-0267
- Solicitation Number
- W912P809R0094
- Response Due
- 7/9/2009
- Archive Date
- 9/7/2009
- Point of Contact
- Chris Nuccio, (504) 862-2704<br />
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Engineer District, New Orleans
(christopher.m.nuccio@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The New Orleans District intends to award the University of New Orleans Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences (PIES) a Sole Source, Firm-Fixed Price purchase order for a conceptual sediment budget for the MRGO Ecosystem Restoration Plan Feasibility Study. Sand sources would be identified and a working sediment budget of areas where sediments can be excavated would be developed based on the PIES sediment database. Possible sediment sources on the outer shoreline of Breton and Chandeleur Sounds would be identified and the location, depth, volume, and character of sediment which could be excavated would be provided. Sediment sources would be classified as renewable (natural sediment transport processes will replenish the area) and non-renewable (area will not be replenished) when possible. If renewable, the rate of replenishment should be estimated. A working sediment budget for this region that is representative of existing conditions would be developed. A detailed analysis of available data will assist in defining the rate and direction of net and gross transport of sediment (separated into sand and finer fractions, as possible), historical volumetric change, and the development of surface change rates throughout the Breton and Chandeleur coastal zone. Historical bathymetry, shoreline position, and engineering activities (e.g., beach nourishment, dredging and placement) will be analyzed in detail. Areas needing further analysis to define sediment transport pathways and magnitudes would be identified. Existing information would be used to develop an estimate of the mineral sediment demand along with the required sediment grain size of different wetland types (swamp, fresh marsh, brackish marsh, and saline marsh) in this part of coastal Louisiana for several scenarios of sea-level rise and subsidence. An assessment of how such sediment demands are currently met across the study area, and estimates of how this demand could increase with different restoration scenarios would be developed. Interested parties shall notify Christopher Nuccio at (504) 862-2704 by 2:00pm on 7/9/09. It is the Government's intent not to compete this procurement due to its proprietary nature. THIS IS A SYNOPSIS AND SOURCE FOR SOUGHT COMBINED. THERE WILL BE NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Engineer District, New Orleans ATTN: CEMVN-CT, P.O. Box 60267 New Orleans LA<br />
- Zip Code: 70160-0267<br />
- Zip Code: 70160-0267<br />
- Record
- SN01855998-W 20090626/090625001331-7929ede2bdef0dc64e6b987c114f8d47 (fbodaily.com)
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